Doha
A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced an Arab man in absentia to 10 years in jail and imposed a fine of QR400,000 for drug peddling.
The court also ordered that the expatriate be deported upon completion of the sentence. The accused was convicted of receiving and dealing in narcotic hashish.
According to the prosecution, he had offered to sell hashish to an undercover police agent in exchange for a certain sum of money. The agent agreed to meet the accused to receive the drug, while he arranged for the police to watch the delivery process from afar.
Eventually, the drug dealer met the undercover agent and asked him to take him in his vehicle to a place at Al Rayyan area. Then, he left him and came back with a packet containing hashish, which he gave to the agent for a sum of QR1,000. Police overseeing the operation arrested the culprit and a body search yielded more hashish ready for sale.
A blood sample of the suspect was also sent to the forensic lab, which confirmed the existence of the drug in his blood. The man confessed to possessing and consuming such drugs during police interrogation.
